Throughout the year, Future Cape Town and our broader Our Future Cities network hosts events which include conferences, lectures, workshops, public workshops and tours.
Future events
Launch of Report “Church Square : Empowering Public Life”
Public Forum and Tour | RSVP here
February 14, 2017 | 18:00 for 18:30 to 20:00
Location: Speakers-Corner building, 1 Church Square, Cape Town
Future Cape Town have recently completed a research report, empowered by Urban Lime, on Church Square in the Cape Town CBD. The report evaluates the square across multiple criteria e.g. equity, access, diversity etc. and includes recommendations to improve the space going forward.
The main findings of the report will be presented by Rashiq Fataar, the director of Future Cape Town, while Urban Lime will conduct the first public tour of Speakers-Corner, a restored heritage building.
How can public art driver inner-city regeneration | Future Durban
Public Forum + Artwork Unveiling | RSVP here
February 1, 2017 | 18:00 for 18:30 to 20:00
Location: Durban Club Chambers (celebrated former Nedbank Building completed by Sir Norman Eaton in 1972), Durban Club Place Entrance, Durban CBD
The event is being hosted to explore and discuss the potential for public art to contribute towards the regeneration of cities and in particular the inner city of Durban. How can it promote pride and interest in a city ? What can it tell us about our past, present and future? Why should cities develop policies around public art?
Past events
Knowledge Matters: Caroline Bos, founder of UNStudio
Lecture | Event Review | Programme
September 14, 2016
Location: dhk Architects, 6th Floor De Waterkant Centre, 9 Somerset Road
UNStudio, founded by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, has built an extensive and varied oeuvre since 1988, as well as an active theoretical and research profile. One of the fascinations of the founders is the ever-changing concept of the architect as designer of the future. Bos presented a lecture related to their most recent book, Knowledge Matters, in which they propose a new manifestation of the architectural practice as knowledge practice.
Emerging Urban Regeneration Models : Viewpoints from North America with Adam Beck
Lecture | Event Review | Programme
August 1, 2016
Location : 71 Hout Street
Adam Beck, Director of the Centre for Urban Innovation and Executive Director at the Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand presented on his work and views promoting collaboration through emerging urban regeneration models with case studies from North America.
The future of public space III : Who owns the space?
Presentations and Discussion | Event Review | Programme
June 8, 2016
Location : 71 Hout Street
The final event in the 3 part series, brought together the private, public and civil society sector to unpack the roles and contributions of all parts of society to challenge and interrogate the ownership and control of public spaces and infrastructure.
Participants : Elizabeth Novacek (Future Cape Town), Jacques van Embden (Blok Developments), Belinda Walker (City of Cape Town), Andrew Charman (Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation), Hannalie Malan (Future Cape Town)
The future of public space II : Design by activism
Presentations and Discussion | Event Review | Programme
May 4, 2016
Location : 71 Hout Street
The second event in the 3 part series, saw presentations by public space activists with a reflection on skateboarding, street events and protests.
Participants : Marcela Guerrero Casas (Open Streets, Cape Town), Marco Morgan (National Skate Collective), Zimkita Booi (Ndifuna Ukwazi), Hedwig Crooijmans-Lemmer (GAPP Architects and Urban Designers)
The future of public space I : African cities and public space
Presentations and Discussion | Event Review | Programme
April 4, 2016
Location : 71 Hout Street
The first event in the 3 part series, saw presentations by designers, practicioners, urbanists and researchers working in the public space field in African cities, with reflections on work and research in Cape Town, Lagos Pretoria, Johannesburg, Addis Ababa and others.
Participants: Barbara Southworth (GAPP Architects and Urban Designers), Olamide Udo-Udoma (Future Lagos), Michael de Beer (GAPP Architects & Urban Designers, UDISA), Claire du Trevou, Zahira Asmal, (The City Agency), Michal Korycki (Craft of Architecture), Rike Sitas (African Centre for Cities)
Co-creating the future of housing in South Africa
March 16, 2016
Location : Top Floor, Media 24 building
Design, Cities and the World Cup
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